The Haunted Bookshop
by Morley, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- GD+
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934. Bookshop Edition. Hardcover. GD+. Octavo. 8.25" x 5.5"289pp. A nice copy signed by Morley on the first endpaper. No dust jacket, book is Good+. Bumped on the corners, faded spine with a dime sized stain about an inch from the bottom. Small tears in the clothat the top and bottom of the spine.
Synopsis
The Haunted Bookshop speaks of the ghosts that inhabit all places of books - "the ghosts of all great literature." Christopher Morley's suspenseful 1919 novel continues the story of the bookseller from Parnassus on Wheels, Roger Mifflin, whose character underlines the wisdom and knowledge to be gained from literature and makes allusions and references to many famous works.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67547
- Title
- The Haunted Bookshop
- Author
- Morley, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GD+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Bookshop Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....